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Title: History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1

Author: Brantz Mayer

Release Date: August 29, 2010 [EBook #33568]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Ant. Lopez de S^ta Anna]

[Illustration: BATTLE
of
PALO ALTO
8^th. May 1846.
Lith. by E. Weber & Co. Balto.]

[Illustration: BATTLE
of
RESACA DE LA PALMA
9^th May 1846.
Lith. by E. Weber & Co. Balto.]

HISTORY OF THE WAR

BETWEEN

MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES,

WITH A PRELIMINARY VIEW OF ITS ORIGIN;

BY

BRANTZ MAYER,

FORMERLY SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES LEGATION IN MEXICO,
AND AUTHOR OF "MEXICO AS IT WAS AND AS IT IS."

Ne dites a la posterite que ce qui est digne de la posterite.--VOLTAIRE.

VOLUME I.

NEW YORK & LONDON.
WILEY AND PUTNAM.

MDCCCXLVIII.

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1847, by

BRANTZ MAYER,

in the Clerk's office of the District Court for the District of Maryland.

BOOK FIRST:

PRELIMINARY VIEW OF THE ORIGIN

OF THE WAR.

HISTORY OF THE WAR

BETWEEN

MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES.

BOOK I.

CHAPTER I.

Introductory views of Mexico--The people and government.

The war which broke out between the United States of North America and
the Mexican Republic, in the spring of 1846, is an event of great
importance in the history of the world. Profound peace had reigned among
Christian nations, since the downfall of Napoleon; and, with the
exception of internal discords in France, Belgium, Poland and Greece,
the civilized world had cause to believe that mankind would henceforth
resort to the cabinet rather than the field for th